Here is one of the queries that was put across to me (Sumant Renukarya) by one of our clients using IBM Rational Team Concert; a question that was a bit like a puzzle:

'Where can I find a specific Apache Tomcat patch for AIX server? An AIX specific patch is not available for download'.

Though it sounded like a simple FAQ, it had to be answered judiciously as the number of AIX servers which were being patched, were in the range of 90 to 100!

After thorough research and brainstorming, it was confirmed that there is no separate installer for different flavours of UNIX, for Apache Tomcat server. Essentially, you need to download and use the default installer available for the single flavour of UNIX from the Apache Tomcat website, which serves for AIX as well.

Here is a Sample Scenario:An issue was reported with Apache Tomcat Release bundled with Jazz V4.0.0.1 and there was a need to upgrade the patch of Apache Tomcat server from the default 7.0.25 to 7.0.34. This was for an AIX server installation of the Apache Tomcat server, bundled with IBM Rational Team Concert.

Table of contents: 0:00 Introduction to Rational Adapter for HP ALM1:07 Demonstration scenario2:07 Link HP ALM test folder to RTC plan while in RTC3:15 Add test case while in RTC 4:48 View a defect while in RTC 5:24 Link a defect to a plan item while in RTC 5:52 Associate a change set to a defect while in RTC

While you should be able to get the list supported integrations with IBM Rational Team Concert in the System Requirements page for the particular version, did you also know there were great resources on integrating with Rational Team Concert with a number of other applications on the jazz.net site? Just check out this quick query to see how much content there really is: https://jazz.net/search_results.jsp?q=integrating+rtc#page=0&type=&q=integrating%2Brtc

But don't stop there, you can also use the jazz.net community for queries that both do and do not fall under IBM supported configurations for any Jazz based products. The Jazz.net community is supported by users of Jazz products, consultants, practitioners, Jazz developers, as well as our own technical support engineers, and is an open community for all to join and share their expertise!Moreover, there are even great resources on how to get the most out of the Jazz.net forums! If you've not started participating yet, consider this your invitation to join in the conversations, ask questions, and even provide your own expertise to help others. You'll find value no matter how you participate!

What? Agile is proven in the IT domain and is enjoying rapid adoption in the product and embedded systems space. But being successful with agile in this domain presents different challenges such as integrating teams, large-scale complexity and communicating the benefits to management. There are some agile practices which can be leveraged to address these concerns. Continuous integration and test driven development can help with finding defects early and getting to done with the right solution more quickly. To build management engagement, an additional step needed is to map typical agile metrics to measures that are actionable for management.

Join Marty Bakal, Embedded Agile and Electronics Industry, Offering Manager, IBM Rational, in this webcast as he explains how to use these approaches to deliver success in agile product and systems development.

There are new videos available on IBM Education Assistant for Rational. There are several videos covering topics for the Rational CLM products and migrating users between Rational Change and Rational Directory Server. Check them out!

Your feedback helps us improve. You can find the feedback form on the category pages for your product and version. The feedback form is quick and easy. Leave comments and let us know if these demonstrations help you achieve your goals.

What is IBM Education Assistant? IBM Education Assistant is a collection of multimedia educational modules designed to help you gain a better understanding of IBM software products and use them more effectively to meet your business requirements.

Both Vijay Sankar and Andy Gurd have tirelessly spent the past month taking you back to school on requirements. If you missed it, or just want a refresher, take a look at their work with the entire Requirements Management 101 series here:

The next session is on April 5. Vishy Ramaswamy, Senior Technical Staff Member and Design Manager Server Architect for Rational Software Architect and Rational Rhapsody, will open a discussion about agile architecture. More details and web conference information are available HERE.

Hot off the reporting presses here in Rational Support, here are the top twenty technotes used in February to help solve the PMRs you reported. As always, these are taken directly from our PMR reports and tabulated to help you solve the same issues which you may be encountering:

Summary: Starting with Version 1.0, IBM® Rational Team Concert has supported the scrum project management approach. Over the years since, both this collaborative software and its support for scrum and agile teams have improved dramatically. This article, updated for Version 4.0.1, replaces previous articles and explains how to use RTC effectively within a scrum team. Part 1 walks you through setting up your project and team and filling your first product backlog.

Summary: Starting with Version 1.0, IBM® Rational Team Concert has supported the scrum project management approach. Over the years since, both this collaborative software and its support for scrum and agile teams have improved dramatically. This article, updated for Version 4.0.1, replaces previous articles and explains how to use Rational Team Concert effectively within a scrum team. Part 2 uses a hands-on example to explain how to plan and run your first sprint.

About the author: Millard Ellingsworth lives in the hills west of Portland, Oregon, where he works on developing the IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management community, improving how teams work together to build software that matters. During the small pockets of free time that leaves him, he divides his attention between playing golf, noodling on the guitar, woodworking, and tinkering with Android development. You can follow him on Twitter as@millard3 and on Google+.

And... Rational Team Concert 2012: Using the context-aware search- The context-aware search tool allows you to locate information in your code based on free searches. This video demonstrates improvements to the context-aware search capabilities that were introduced in Rational Team Concert version 4.

IBM Rational Team ConcertIBM Rational Team Concert, based on the Jazz platform, now supports any plan, any process, any platform. New formal planning templates support traditional project phases, while new risk management capabilities can be used by any traditional, agile or hybrid team. With a single release for all platforms, simple role-based user licensing, no charge for the server software, and new flexible pricing models, you are free to mix and match deployments to suit your particular environments. Rational Team Concert is free for up to 10 developers.

IBM Rational RhapsodyThe IBM Rational Rhapsody software is available in different editions to help systems engineers and developers of embedded software analyze, design, develop, test, and deliver embedded, real-time systems and software.

We are pleased to feature Contributing Author Fabio Castiglioni:Fabio Castiglioni is an Executive IT Architect with IBM Sales and Distribution in Italy. He has 30 years of experience in IT, 13 in development labs where he held technical and management positions in international projects. Earlier in his career, Fabio was Technical Director for research projects on object-oriented technologies, Senior IT Architect in major integration projects, and Technical Leader for the Government Industry for IBM South Europe. Fabio is one of the teachers of Component Modeling classes for IBM architects and has published several articles on the subject of nonfunctional requirements.

Featured author- We are pleased to feature Contributing Author Ritesh NigamRitesh Nigam is a senior software engineer with eight years of experience in software development. He has been working as a senior developer for IBM Rational Change for more than five years. He also has experience in Java, Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Perl, and web technologies, such as Dojo toolkit, Ajax, web services, OSLC, and change and configuration management.

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